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Induction...Good or bad?

My brother in laws girl friend is prego and she is due anytime now, well, her doc wanted to induce her today and she wanted to have baby. I talked to my mother in law and she said she is trying to talk her out of being induced, to just wait till baby is ready to come.

Well, I brought this up to dh and told him when the doc says it is medically ok, baby is ready, and they want to induce Im going to do it! I want to see baby and if doc says its ok then why not...

He doesnt agree! He says let baby come when baby is ready.

I dont understand what the difference is? I dont understand the big deal in induction...Maybe Im too anxious to see baby and maybe Im too impatient...

I say bad. I'm big on letting baby come when he or she is ready. The way I see it is baby knows best when its time to come out. Besides its not good to push your kids into doing things they realy dont want to do or that their not ready for so why push them to come out when their not ready...thats the way i see it.

I was not necessarily against induction until I read &quot;Ina May's Guide to Childbirth&quot; and read about all of the side effects the drugs can cause. I didn't know that Cervidil, Prepidil, Pitocin, all of the induction drugs, could cause uterine rupture, fetal death or even maternal death. Also, I have been told not to break or strip the bad of waters either. The labor is less painful when the bag of waters is still intact because you don't get as much pressure from the baby on your spine. After reading up on the side effects and different scenarios induction can cause, I will not do them. I will stay my butt at home and have sex or drink gallons of castor oil! They also say nipple stimulation is great for starting contractions.

coming from someone who HAD to be induced because of complications (labour started, dr. broke my water and contractions stopped, I was 2 weeks late and things weren't progressing because the cord was wrapped around my son) it is NOT the way you want to go. First I think everyone is right when they say your body knows when it's time. If you rush things you increase the likelyhood of complications. Secondly when your body goes naturally into labour it is bad enough. When you get induced you are forcing things that aren't ready and TRUST ME the labour can be WAY worse whether you have an epidural or not. It really isn't worth it just to have your baby come a few days or a week early.

I had to be induced because I was over a week late with my DD. I would never do it again. I think it just made for a much more dificult labor and delivery for me. Again, everyone is different. I am sure there are people out there who had good experiences with it, but I would never do it again.

INDUCTION = HELL!!!!!!!! I had to be induced with 2 of my pregnancies, the other labor went on it's own and truly it was waaaaaaaay better than being induced!!!! If you can avoid being induced, I would!

i dont know weather your in UK or US but in UK they will induce if it goes over your edd by 14days. or if your waters break and you dont go into labour after 48 hours due to infection. if i go over or my waters break i wont mind, i want my baby to be safe if i have to go through hell to get him here then im doing it.

There is one other induction way, popping the water bag itself. Ive never heard of medicated induced labor before (lol?) The first time I read that I was like WTH? If you had the choice of which type of induction, I would always go with the popping of the water bag itself, rather than medication induced.

rupturing the waters CAN help with moving a labour along but it doesn't necessarily induce labour at all and you are taking a risk that you have now popped the water and what if labour DOESN'T start? That happened to me. In Canada where I am if your water pops they want you to deliver within 24 hours to reduce risk of infection and other complications. Half the time they break your water, unless you are already into a pretty good labour pattern you'll need to be induced to keep things moving forward. Like I said, is it really worth it just to have your baby a week earlier?

I agree with lilpeep. We were told by our childbirth teacher that she had a birth with her bag intact and one where her bag was broken and she would never choose to have her bag of waters broken. She said that when the water stayed intact, until it broke naturally, that it was much easier on her body and the labor was less painful. She advised us to not have our waters broken, to let nature take it's own course.

Hey, there! We attend Bradley Method childbirth classes which are taught by approved instructors only. We found an instructor in our area at Bradleybirth.com. Your area hospitals should also offer childbirth classes for a small fee. Our hospital offered the traditional &quot;lamaze&quot; type classes and also breastfeeding classes.

I was induced at 36 weeks because my water broke and labor did not start. Call me crazy but I loved my experience. I didn't find it that bad at all and there were no complications. In the end it's up to you and your doctor. Do what you feel \is best.

I was induced both times and each for a different reason (Oldest-labor was VERY slow and I was in a TON of pain Youngest- I was 9 days late). I think that it should only be done if the doctor says it HAS to be done. Choosing to do it is almost like the trend of elective c-sections. I've never had an uninduced labor, but I hear that its much worse than letting nautre take its cousre. But really it all comes down to what you want. Good luck making your decision.

All three of my births have been induced. The first one because he was over 2 weeks late when he was born the cord was wrapped around his neck 2 times and we though he was dead until he finally took that first breath. The second was due to size at 37 weeks he was measuring over 9lbs, I tore inside and required 36 stitches. The third one was due to size as well. I didn't think it was horrible. We will do an ultrasound at 37 weeks and check on this little guy and if he is gigantor then we will induce. Big babies run in my family my sister was over 10lbs my dad was 9lbs something and my maternal grandfather weighed 14lbs. Small to us is less than 8lbs lol.

I was scheduled for induction on the 18th of August and the baby came himself on the 17th. I would say to wait it out unless you're too far past your due date. At a certain point when you're post dates it's safe to be induced because the placenta will start to deteriorate a bit after 42 weeks.

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